# How do you pronounce "process"? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 11, 2009, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-process/520814 "2009-12-11T02:45:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-process/520814/1 "2009-12-11T02:45:13Z")
I pronounce it praw-cess. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-process/520814/2 "2009-12-11T02:47:37Z")
What about “prah - cess”? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-process/520814/3 "2009-12-11T02:48:56Z")
I say ‘prah [rhymes with bra]-cess’. I know several people who pronounce it pro-cess (as in a contraction of ‘pro-cedure for cess pools’). ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-process/520814/4 "2009-12-11T02:57:39Z")
No vote. PRAH-sees here as well. For me, it doesn’t rhyme with “bra” (which is more like “braw” in my dialect). It rhymes with the “ah” in “Say AHHHHH!” ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-process/520814/5 "2009-12-11T02:59:54Z")
You know, I read this thread title and thought, “There are only two ways I can think of to pronounce ‘process’ and none of these are it.” I think he means praw-cess to mean rhymes with bra-cess, and proh-cess to sound like pro-cedure. No? Because otherwise, my answer is neither one. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-process/520814/6 "2009-12-11T03:08:20Z")
How about, for simplicity’s sake, the “praw-cess” response would also include “prah-cess”? I don’t really differentiate the -aw sound from the -ah sound, but now I realize some people do. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-process/520814/7 "2009-12-11T03:34:28Z")
I pronounce it both ways depending on the sentence. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-process/520814/8 "2009-12-11T03:37:30Z")
I pronounce the verb with a short O and the noun with a long one. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-process/520814/9 "2009-12-11T03:39:59Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > I pronounce it praw-cess. And you a Yankee, although my Paternal Grandmother hailed from your state. I am surprised that we agree. 🙂 You should have included, “Where are y’all from?” in your poll. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-process/520814/10 "2009-12-11T03:49:05Z")
Depends what day it is. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-process/520814/11 "2009-12-11T04:20:00Z")
**prɑsɛs** ---
**Author:** ![seosamh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@seosamh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seosamh)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-process/520814/12 "2009-12-11T07:28:24Z")
The Director of my bit of the office is from somewhere in Yorkshire and always causes me to giggle when he says “prooooooooooooooo-cess” (as he does alarmingly often). ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-process/520814/13 "2009-12-11T07:31:55Z")
PRAH-cess, for all usages. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-process/520814/14 "2009-12-11T07:45:14Z")
It seems like this one should be preceded with “Pick the closest answer to the one you use most frequently.” So I went with the top. I generally pronounce it with the a in bra, which I would generally transliterate AH. I use AW for the longer, slightly rounded version. It’s the difference between Ah of recognition (Ah! I get it.) and the aw of empathy/cuteness (Aw, that’s cute/sad.) ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-process/520814/15 "2009-12-11T08:27:10Z")
PRO-cess ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-process/520814/16 "2009-12-11T12:22:51Z")
I find myself doing both, depending on the context. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-process/520814/17 "2009-12-11T13:07:14Z")
Depends on who I am with. The Brits I know pronounce it with PRO, so when I’m with them that is how I do it. Most of the Yanks I know pronounce it the other way, so when I’m with them, that is what I do. ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-process/520814/18 "2009-12-11T13:46:57Z")
It almost comes out a bit like PRAS - ceyes. But the accent is strong in me. Otherwise - I probably sound more like NinetyWt and Sampiro. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-process/520814/19 "2009-12-11T13:56:26Z")
A more contentious debate might be regarding the plural. process-әz vs. process-eez (first syllable pronounced to your liking but what about the last?)